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resent

Today it means: To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront. Full definition →

Middle French ressentir ← Old French resentir

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resent · verb¹

Old French · derived fromresentir
Middle French · borrowed fromressentir
English todayresent

From Middle French ressentir, resentir, from Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”).

resent · verb²

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.